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Old 07-05-2011, 07:12 PM  
Brujah
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Originally Posted by TheSquealer View Post
You're confused. We are talking about trademarks right? Trademarks are trademarks. They are taking action to protect their marks. There is no argument to be made that a trademark domain has lessor value because its a different TLD. Either it can be successfully argued that it infringes on their mark, or it can't. Value of the domain has nothing to do with it... only the value of the trademark matters.
You're even more confused about trademarks than you are about domain names. TM's aren't exclusive and all-inclusive. Do your homework. I suggest looking over the WIPO cases where many claims of infringement by TM holders are on the losing side, because the mark alone wasn't evidence of infringement. Generic porn terms may not carry the same weight in the .XXX sTLD. Consider the guy with a TM for 'XXX' for example. Like I said, generics are a little different.
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